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World News Briefs; Albanian Chief Says He Has Public's Support

Prime Minister Fatos Nano, meeting reporters for the first time since protesters attacked his office this week, said today that his Government had the backing of the people. ''Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate,'' Mr. Nano said in his office, which gunfire riddled in demonstrations on Sunday and Monday.

Mr. Nano would not say exactly where he was during the violence, saying only that he was ''on duty.'' He insisted that the protest, in which 7 people were killed and 76 wounded, had been incited by former President Sali Berisha, the leader of the Democratic Party. Mr. Berisha has dismissed Mr. Nano's accusations that he organized an attempted coup as fantasy.

Mr. Nano's Government seemed to have re-established control of Tirana. Two tanks that were seized on Monday and guarded by supporters of the Democratic Party, were surrendered on Tuesday. Mr. Nano said his Government was willing to negotiate a political settlement but added that the Democrats could not put together a credible negotiating team.